Thirty eight years after their founding, it looks like Orange Bikes have fallen on tough times as they look to appoint an administrator.
Details are fairly thin on the ground, but it would look like Orange Bikes are looking to appoint an administrator. After calling time on their factory racing programme, it looks like that may well have just been damage control…
If Orange do go belly up, it’ll be a shame, having created some iconic bikes over the years ad sponsored some of the finest names in mountain biking, including Steve Peat, Joe Barnes, Ben Cathro, Brendan Fairclough… The list is almost endless.
This news first broke on Forbes, by Carlton Reid.